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out an* put 'em in the herd. He has also ordered 

 the women to clear out one half of his lodge for 

 your use, an' your saddles an' beddin' will be car- 

 ried in an' placed there, where you are to sleep. 

 You are at liberty to go where you please about 

 the camp, enter any lodge you choose, an' you'll 

 find 'em all friendly and agreeable; an' you an' 

 everything you have will be perfectly safe so long 

 as you are their guest. Now, you'll have to ex- 

 cuse me, for I must go to my patient." 



"By the way, how is the old chief.?" asked the 

 captain. 



"Pretty feeble. His age is against him, for he 

 must be up in the seventies. I'm getting the 

 fever pretty well under control, and if he gets no 

 backset I think I can pull him through. I have 

 my bed close by him an' I try to keep the lodge 

 at as even a temperature as possible; but I have 

 to do most everything myself, for these Injuns 

 can't be made to savvy how to take care of the 

 sick. Now, I must go." 



After seeing our animals sent out to the herd 

 and our saddles and bedding taken into Lobo's 

 lodge, we went inside, spread our bed, and then 

 took a stroll about camp. Everything here — the 

 Indians, their dress and habits — ^was new, strange, 

 and deeply interesting to Captain Saunders, who 

 had never before seen a wild Indian. 



Noticing To hausen's dilapidated old ambulance 

 standing near his lodge, I said; 



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